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The Musician’s Way for Studio Classes

The Musician’s Way for Studio Classes

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 28, 2020 | music education, Music Higher Education, music performance, music practice, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“All musicians can sift through their performance issues and come out the better for it – if they choose to do the work.” The Musician’s Way, p. 146 For music students to excel as performers, they need abundant opportunities to rehearse performance skills. And...
The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 26, 2018 | music performance, music practice

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 196 In Chapter 10 of The Musician’s Way, I emphasize that musicians should view errors not as shameful failures but as neutral information. Having such a healthy...
Stability and Mobility

Stability and Mobility

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 14, 2018 | injury prevention, music performance, music practice

“Advantageous postures have an active quality; they’re always subtly in motion.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 251 In his book, On Piano Playing, Gyorgy Sandor identifies two features of beneficial postures: stability and mobility. That is, they support the weight of...
Handling Onstage Malfunctions

Handling Onstage Malfunctions

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 17, 2018 | music careers, music performance

“When you don’t transmit irritation from mechanical breakdowns, an audience finds them interesting and even amusing.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 195 Thorough preparation underpins every successful performance. But even when we’re fully geared up...
7 Components of Stage Deportment

7 Components of Stage Deportment

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 6, 2017 | music performance, stage presence, The Musician's Way

“When I finally saw how I looked, I realized that I was distracting the audience from the music.” -Alfred Brendel, pianist The Musician’s Way, p. 171 Imagine standing backstage prior to your entrance at the start of a concert: as the house lights dim, the...
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